{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"377.10","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 377.10","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 3. OF THE PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS [367. - 389.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Effect of Death [377.10. - 377.62.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-3/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Definitions [377.10. - 377.11.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-3/chapter-4/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1993.","effective":"1993-01-01","html":"

For the purposes of this chapter, “beneficiary of the decedent’s estate” means:

(a) If the decedent died leaving a will, the sole beneficiary or all of the beneficiaries who succeed to a cause of action, or to a particular item of property that is the subject of a cause of action, under the decedent’s will.

(b) If the decedent died without leaving a will, the sole person or all of the persons who succeed to a cause of action, or to a particular item of property that is the subject of a cause of action, under Sections 6401 and 6402 of the Probate Code or, if the law of a sister state or foreign nation governs succession to the cause of action or particular item of property, under the law of the sister state or foreign nation.

","text":"For the purposes of this chapter, “beneficiary of the decedent’s estate” means: (a) If the decedent died leaving a will, the sole beneficiary or all of the beneficiaries who succeed to a cause of action, or to a particular item of property that is the subject of a cause of action, under the decedent’s will. (b) If the decedent died without leaving a will, the sole person or all of the persons who succeed to a cause of action, or to a particular item of property that is the subject of a cause of action, under Sections 6401 and 6402 of the Probate Code or, if the law of a sister state or foreign nation governs succession to the cause of action or particular item of property, under the law of the sister state or foreign nation.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/definitions-377-10","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}